A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

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A History of Christian Doctrine Verse 1: Have you been baptized into the Body? Baptized with the Holy Ghost; There is but one way to enter in it, Just as they did on Pentecost. Chorus: Are you in the Church triumphant? Are you in the Savior’s Bride? Come and be baptized into the Body, And forevermore abide. Verse 2: There is but one Church, Bride or Body, And into it we’re all baptized; By the one, true, promised Holy Spirit; Tho’ by the world we’re all despised. Verse 3: Every creed has claimed to be the Body, But the “plumb-line” proved untrue, All their dreams; for God has so determined, To bring His Son’s true Bride to view. Verse 4: Many thought that they were in the Body, ’Til the Holy Ghost had come; When the Word of God was opened to them, They entered in, and yet there’s room. Verse 5: Those who died before the Holy Spirit/ Came upon us from on high/ May, by faith with Saints of old departed, Arise to meet Him in the sky. Verse 6: When the Bridegroom comes, will you be ready; And your vessel all filled and bright? You will be among the foolish virgins, If you do not walk in the light. Oliver Fauss took the following notes at the 1915 Elton Bible Conference: 124 116 God is bringing us back to Acts 2:38, His plan. . . . God’s pattern is Acts 2:38, this is plain. . . . We have no record of God being in these people until the Day of Pentecost (Colossians 1:27; John 3:3). Cornelius was a

Oneness Pentecostal Organizations just man, but not saved (Acts 10:22; 11:14-18; Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38). Howard Goss contrasted “the Spirit-filled Christian and the nominal church attendant.” He said, “These last are all alike without a Saviour, and thus have no scriptural promise of ever seeing heaven, because they have not actually been adopted into God’s family, nor have they legally become His child, and thereby have no rightful claim on Him.” 125 During the struggles over Jesus Name baptism, the Assemblies of God, in its 1915 and 1916 general councils, censured the view that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the new birth. 126 In 1917, E. N. Bell denounced the view that water baptism is part of salvation. 127 Clearly, they dealt with ministers who taught that the birth of water and Spirit was baptism of water and Spirit. Andrew Urshan similarly taught that obeying Acts 2:38 constitutes being “born of water and of the Spirit.” He proclaimed, “You must be born again or be lost!” 128 The Articles of Faith of the GAAA (1917) stated that there was but one entrance into the true church, the body of Christ, namely, “a baptism of water and Spirit.” Moreover, “God’s standard of salvation” includes “a holy, Spirit-filled life with signs following.” 129 The PAW’s original doctrinal statement as a Oneness body repeated the foregoing statements from the GAAA and also said, probably still quoting from the GAAA, “In order to escape the judgment of God and to have the hope of enjoying the glory of life eternal, one must be thoroughly saved from their sins, wholly sanctified unto God and filled with the Holy Ghost.” The PAW’s 1919 conference 117

A <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>Doctrine</strong><br />

Verse 1: Have you been baptized into the Body?<br />

Baptized with the Holy Ghost; There is but one way to<br />

enter in it, Just as they did on Pentecost.<br />

Chorus: Are you in the Church triumphant? Are you<br />

in the Savior’s Bride? Come and be baptized into the<br />

Body, And forevermore abide.<br />

Verse 2: There is but one Church, Bride or Body, And<br />

into it we’re all baptized; By the one, true, promised<br />

Holy Spirit; Tho’ by the world we’re all despised.<br />

Verse 3: Every creed has claimed to be the Body, But<br />

the “plumb-line” proved untrue, All their dreams; for<br />

God has so determined, To bring His Son’s true Bride<br />

to view.<br />

Verse 4: Many thought that they were in the Body,<br />

’Til the Holy Ghost had come; When the Word <strong>of</strong> God<br />

was opened to them, They entered in, and yet there’s<br />

room.<br />

Verse 5: Those who died before the Holy Spirit/<br />

Came upon us from on high/ May, by faith with Saints<br />

<strong>of</strong> old departed, Arise to meet Him in the sky.<br />

Verse 6: When the Bridegroom comes, will you be<br />

ready; And your vessel all filled and bright? You will<br />

be among the foolish virgins, If you do not walk in the<br />

light.<br />

Oliver Fauss took the following notes at the 1915 Elton<br />

Bible Conference: 124<br />

116<br />

God is bringing us back to Acts 2:38, His plan. . . .<br />

God’s pattern is Acts 2:38, this is plain. . . . We have no<br />

record <strong>of</strong> God being in these people until the Day <strong>of</strong><br />

Pentecost (Colossians 1:27; John 3:3). Cornelius was a

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